Tag: WHO
COVID-19 Nigeria: Confirmed cases in Lagos plunges to 33 from 235,...
By Audrey Lotechukwu
SAT, AUG 22 2020-theG&BJournal- Nigeria’s coronavirus outbreak rose 340 Friday to a new total of 51,304 with 996 deaths, as Kaduna State...
WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa
School closures in sub-Saharan Africa could result in lifetime earning losses of US$ 4500 per childTHUR, AUG 20 2020-theG&BJournal- The unprecedented and prolonged school...
FIFA join forces with AU, WHO and CAF to promote campaign...
TUE, AUG 18 2020-theG&BJournal-FIFA is joining forces with the African Union, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to...
COVID-19: PTF concerned Nigerians are not coming forward to test for...
MON, AUG 17 2020-theG&BJournal- The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF) has expressed strong concern that Nigerians are not coming forward to test for...
COVID-19 Nigeria: Response in southern Nigeria boosts surveillance of other diseases
Early detection of any disease is the goal for health workers in the Delta
FRI, AUG 14 2020-theG&BJournal-In many countries, tackling the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Kaduna State and WHO scale up COVID-19 and Tuberculosis search with...
Screening of 2306 persons for COVID-19 and 2506 persons for Tuberculosis (TB), using Chest X-Ray, and GeneXpert machine through mobile testing in Kaduna State...
COVID-19: WHO issues new international travel advice
FRI, JULY 31 2020-theG&BJournal- The World Health Organisation (WHO) advice outlines key considerations for national health authorities when considering or implementing the gradual return...
WHO outlines actionable steps for a healthy recovery from COVID-19
MON, JULY 27 2020-theG&BJournal- The World Health Organisation last week published “actionables” practical steps for implementing the prescriptions of its Manifesto for a healthy...
Over 10 000 health workers in Africa infected with COVID-19
Inadequate access to personal protective equipment or weak infection prevention and control measures raise the risk of health worker infection
THUR, JULY 23 2020-theG&BJournal- More...
DKT launches the first in-home oral HIV self-test kit
…A major breakthrough in HIV testing
WED, JULY 22 2020-theG&BJournal- DKT, one of the largest private providers of family planning and reproductive health products and...